USS Vaud J.

Vaud J. as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1907 and 1918.
History
United States
Name	USS Vaud J.
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Thomas Johnson, Wildwood, New Jersey
Completed	1907
Acquired	17 [1] or 27 [2] September 1918
Commissioned	Never
In service	1918
Stricken	30 June 1919
Fate	Sold 30 June 1919
Notes	Operated as civilian motorboat Vaud J. 1907-1918 and 1919-1932
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	63 Gross register tons
Length	101 ft 0 in (30.78 m)
Beam	19 ft 8 in (5.99 m)
Draft	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) mean
Speed	8.6 knots
Complement	8
Armament	None

USS Vaud J. (SP-3361) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1918 to 1919.

Vaud J. was built in 1907 as a private motorboat of the same name by Thomas Johnson at Wildwood, New Jersey. She was the property of A. L. Dunn of Govans, Maryland, on 23 April 1917 when the U.S. Navy inspected her for possible World War I service as a section patrol boat but deemed her unsuitable for use by either the Navy or the United States Army. On 23 ^[3] September 1918, however, the Navy reinspected Vaud J. at Bear Creek near Baltimore, Maryland, and apparently found her acceptable, because it took control of her on 27 September 1918 and assigned her the section patrol number 3361.

Although Vaud J. never was commissioned, she was assigned to the Bureau of Ordnance and towed by the tug USS Tioga (1916) to the Naval Proving Ground at Indian Head, Maryland, where she operated in connection with range construction work into the spring of 1919.

Vaud J. was stricken from the Navy List on 30 June 1919 and simultaneously sold to the Chesapeake Water Supply Company. She was carried on lists of American merchant vessels into the early 1920s, but her owner was not listed. From 1924 to 1929, she was the property of Hurley Booye of Cape May, New Jersey, until either late 1929 or early 1930 when Harry Mogok of Cape May purchased her. Vaud J. operated until 1932, when she apparently was discarded and her name disappears from the mercantile listings.

Notes

1. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Vaud J. (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served in the U.S. Navy as Vaud J. (SP-3361) in 1918-1919 and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Vaud J. (SP 3361) both claim that the U.S. Navy acquired Vaud J. on 17 September 1918, although this is six days before the 23 September 1918 inspection date claimed by the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
2. "Vaud J." Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
3. Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, but note that Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Vaud J. (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served in the U.S. Navy as Vaud J. (SP-3361) in 1918-1919 and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Vaud J. (SP 3361) both claim that the U.S. Navy acquired Vaud J. on 17 September 1918, six days before this inspection date.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Vaud J. (American Motor Boat, 1907). Served in the U.S. Navy as Vaud J. (SP-3361) in 1918-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Vaud J. (SP 3361)